View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks in the foreground end abruptly where the flood washed out the ground, and a harp switch stand sits at the edge of the new precipice. The Purgatoire River curves outside of the original path of the rails. A passenger car on its side is half buried in mud and a steel suspension bridge lays on a sandbar. Industrial buildings are on the hill above the washout and men are perched on power poles, doing repairs. The Mount San Rafael Hospital is atop the hill in the background.

Description

1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.)

Type of Material

Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image

Subject

Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.

Format-Medium

Photograph

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